News from March 2021
By USDA Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announces full enforcement of the APHIS Core Message Set in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). Users must submit message set data for regulated products like plants, plant products, animal products, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that BRANDON SANDERS, age 30, a resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was sentenced on March 9, 2021 to 87 months in prison, (4) four years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment by U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan for conspiring to distribute heroin while incarcerated in the Orleans Parish Justice Center in New Orleans for firearm and drug distribution charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the return of an indictment charging Kristopher Justinboyer Ervin (41, Orange Park) with possession of an unregistered machinegun conversion device. If convicted, Ervin faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - The owner of a local landscaping company was charged today with tax evasion in connection with a scheme to underreport income on his business and personal tax returns.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS - As part of the Virgin River Coalition’s effort to restore areas of the Virgin River near the City of Mesquite, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will reduce dense thickets of invasive tamarisk (aka salt cedar) trees between March 29 and April 15.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today introduced the Save Oak Flat Act to permanently protect the Oak Flat area of Tonto National Forest from destructive mining proposals. Oak Flat, or Chi’chil Bildagoteel, is of significant cultural importance and considered sacred by many tribal...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Mexican national with an immigration history of prior removals and felony convictions pleaded guilty today in federal court to illegally reentering the U.S., Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: SANDY SPRINGS, GA - Today, the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (Chattahoochee River NRA) launched public commenting on a preliminary strategy for improving the park’s trail system.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), issued the following statement on the Senate’s vote to confirm the nomination of Rep. Debra Haaland to be secretary of interior. Barrasso was unable to vote against Rep. Haaland’s nomination due to flight cancellations caused by the severe snowstorm in Wyoming.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic City, New Jersey, man appeared today following his arrest on charges of escaping from federal custody, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Basin and Range National Monument seeks volunteers to participate in a plant and animal “Bioblitz" scheduled Friday, June 4 through Sunday, June 6, 2021.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: Every year, agencies across the United States hold an annual campaign for National Flood Safety Awareness Week, and this subject is a high priority here at the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) as well. We have a flood-related research and development (R&D) portfolio that emphasizes safety and security, but do you also know what S&T has been doing related to flood resilience?
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report “High-Income Taxpayers Who Owe Delinquent Taxes Could Be More Effectively Prioritized"...
By State Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Joe, thank you very, very much, and Melinda, thanks to you as well for bringing all this together. It’s wonderful to be with all of you. And I’m especially glad to make this one of my first conversations here in Japan, because entrepreneurs like you have a critical role to play in building dynamic, innovative economies that create opportunities for people - which is, after all, what this is all about.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - An Arizona man was sentenced today to 16 years in prison for his participation in a nationwide investment fraud conspiracy that cost victims over $23 million in total losses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A convicted felon was sentenced last Monday (March 8, 2021) to eight years and six months in federal prison for unlawfully selling over 1,000 pills of Oxycodone - a Schedule II controlled substance - and unlawfully possessing two loaded firearms, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher Chiou for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - Anthony Lemmonds, 53, of Onslow County, was sentenced today, to 235 months imprisonment for: (1) Conspiracy to Possess With Intent to Distribute and Distribute Five Hundred (500) Grams or More of Methamphetamine; (2) Distribution of Fifty (50) Grams or More of Methamphetamine; and (3), Possession With the Intent to Distribute Fifty (50) Grams or More of Methamphetamine. Lemmons pled guilty to these charges on June 9, 2020.
By State Newswire | Mar 14, 2021
Release: America’s alliances are our greatest asset, and leading with diplomacy means standing shoulder-to-shoulder with our allies and key partners once again.
By State Newswire | Mar 14, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price...
By State Newswire | Mar 14, 2021
News Release: America’s alliances are our greatest asset, and leading with diplomacy means standing shoulder-to-shoulder with our allies and key partners once again.
